Delaware General Assembly

Out of Committee 1/30/14

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

4/11/13

Mitchell

Sen. Ennis

Reps. Bolden, Q. Johnson, Longhurst, Miro, Osienski, Ramone, D. Short
Sen. Henry

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY PROHIBITED PERSONS.

This Act will help deter the illegal possession of firearms by dangerous criminals by increasing the penalties imposed upon persons convicted of violating the crime of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. Adults convicted of illegally possessing a firearm after having been previously adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile for acts constituting a violent felony will receive a one year minimum mandatory prison sentence, and persons prohibited from legally possessing a deadly weapon who are convicted of illegally possessing a firearm within 10 years of a prior conviction or adjudication of delinquency for a violent felony, or for illegally possessing a deadly weapon, will receive a three year minimum mandatory prison sentence.

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